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PEOPLE v. WHITFIELD

Docket No. 113934, Calendar No. 6.

607 N.W.2d 61 (2000)

461 Mich. 441

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thomas J. WHITFIELD, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided March 7, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, Timothy A. Baughman, Chief, Research, Training and Appeals, and Douglas P. Dwyer, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Detroit, MI, for the people.

William F. Branch, Detroit, MI, for the defendant.

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

The defendant was charged with possessing less than 25 grams of heroin. The trial court suppressed the evidence against him and dismissed the prosecution on the ground that a search warrant had been based on "[m]ere suspicion," instead of probable cause. The Court of Appeals affirmed. We find that the magistrate had a substantial basis for concluding that a search would uncover evidence of wrongdoing...

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